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1912.
WESLEY A. HERMH
Editor and rubluhi
HELEN E. SHERMAN
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Forest Fire Domoge Costly to Everyone
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while It I running out of control. One auth a the big fire in tne
L'maillla National Forest cover suth a trua area, i so - n...,
t ,rh ,r,r..,i..n that the situation U In a cunslan
state of change, Ita hard to .lnolnt accurate Information n to
it'll luM what la coins on.
The one thing that l sure U that everyone U the locr on a fire
such a this, whether he l directly invoivea or noi. n ia im um
It might furnUh temporary employment for a few extra fire fighter
and m.y create a pscudo wave of prosperity for urn bualneasei
. a ..-all .. U a Kim
whose goods and nervier are in ai-mmu kit uu io
But damage to the economy through Ions of forest and rangeland
resource Is far greater In the long run. Destruction of young tree,
the forest' reproduction, mean low of John yeart hence for the
mm who would be needed to cut the timber and market It upon
maturity. This. In turn, hurt the businessmen who would sell good
to these workers.
A forest and range fire I a great los to ortitmcn as It affects
wildlife; It is a direct loss to companies whose timber and property
It strikes; It Is a loss to ranc hers because or stock using me. range,
lands: reduction of the assessed value by fire cuts tax revenue
that has to be made ud In other ways.
During the past 13 or 20 years the public around the state has
become ever more conscious of this universal damage by forest
fires, and people have done a much better Job of taking care In
the forests.
The Ditch Creek fire, like others that hit here In the current con
narration, wns not a man-caused fire and can be blamed on
Mother Nature's capaciousness from lightning.
It Is gratifying to we and hear how everyone Is willing to
pitch in and help In such an emergency. Many stories nave come
back from the fire lines telling of men battling It over rough ter
rain for long hours without rest or sleep. Probably considerable
drama and some heroism have unroiaeu. aooui wnicn we wiu
never know. Business people have done all they could to facilitate
Kirvir- in fir crews and meet their neeus. v no nave neara oi no
Instance where the public has refused a call for help.
The public here understands the importance of lumber and
timber industries, which lead In gross income in Morrow coumy.
according to statistics. They show this understanding by lending
a hand at this time of crisis In the woods.
Report today sounds better from the fire lines and everyone
will heave a sigh of relief when tnis most destructive lire is un
ally pronounced completely under control.
Another Two-Bits on Drivers Licenses
It only amounts to 25c, and maybe two-bits additional isn't worth
mentioning in this day and age. but there is something about It
that "rubs our fur the wrong way."
We're referring to the. 25c added to the drivers license fee by
the 1961 legislature to go into the Motor Vehicle Accident fund'
administered by the Industrial Accident Commission. This brings
the driver's total fee to $2.73 biennially.
There once was a time when a person paid $1.00, as we recall.
for a license. This ostensibly went. to costs of registering drivers.
and taking care of that portion of the vehicle department.
Then a fee was added for high school driver training, and now
comes the accident fee. While we are in accord with driver training
and probably the accident fund, we object to this "tack on"
method as being wrong in principal. A driver seeking a license has
to pungle up for these additional funds regardless of his feelings
or desires. Then it seems to us to to penalize a driver for things
that the total populace should be in a position to enjoy and should
help pay for. If these things are worth doing, they should be handled
separately, by taxes or some other method, and stand on their own
merits.
It strikes us that it would be like going to a grocery store to
buy a pound of dried beans, only to have the grocer tell you he'd
sell you the beans all right provided that you bought six bits
worth of ham to put in them, and then 10c worth of salt to season
the whole thing.
Chaff
and
Chatter
Br WES SHERMAN
ArTI'K writing a weekly column
lor some 15 vrara. w have
out.!.. lie uuru-ltra to rrftaln fur
lb tat U week. However,
with o many little Items nun
ing to our attention around town
ami ruuntv. W feel moved 10
E-t Into the rut again. We like
the little human Intercut Item
the sort of things that pai back
and forth over the coffee cup
the printable one. All contrl
buttons are welcome. Anyone
who ran come up with a better
title for the column l Invited
to offer It.
Good Luck to Our Little Leaguers!
Heppner's Little League baseball boys, having completed their
regular season, now strike out for The Dalles to compete in elim
ination play. Our All-Star team, picked from all teams In the
league, will take the diamond at 6 p. m. Friday against an All-Star
team from The Dalles.
A victory will send them on to a higher bracket Saturday; a
loss would put them in consolation, also on Saturday. Since our
Little Leaguers are affiliated with the national organization, they
can keep right on going until they meet a team that downs them.
If they should win both games at The Dalles, they would play at
home In Hoppner against a Pendleton team the ensuing week.
There has been great interest in Little League here this year.
Some parents have been equally as enthused as their children. We
share this enthusiasm and heartily believe we have a band of real
hustling ball players. As they go on to other fields of conquest, we
wish them the greatest of success.
WHEN Jack Van Winkle named
hi motel 'The Fhlng A." he
probably had no Idea that It
would In-come a haven of rest
for fliers, but that, this week.
It Indeed ha become. And it wa
all a surprise to Jack. Sunday
afternoon a helicopter came in
low over town and cut back to
the motel, hovered a short time
and then drooped down. A man
got out and ran to the office
Inquiring If the two In the chop.
rer could lodge there. Jack wel
... . ,
(timed them as guesi inn oiiitcu
them use of his pickup to go to
town for something to eat. The
two had bcen summoned to help
fight the forest fire from the air.
Word lipread of the Hying A
hospitality and Its open location
making It easy for a copter to
set down, and so next day an
other pair arrived In a second
choper. One pair was from Boe
ing at Seattle and the otner two
were from Lcwiston.
By Tuesday the Flying A had
become true to its name. A third
helicopter buzzed In and parked
on the Van Winkles' ample drive
way. The owners found the men
fine guests and welcomed this
unusual trade. They thought at
one time mat one or me cnop
pers was going to sit down on
six little fruit trees they had Just
lanted, but the pilot saw the
seedlings before it was too late
and took off again to light in a
new place.
The visitors brought a lot of
curiosity seekers. The men could
have made some extra spending
money by offering barnstorming
rides.
Porker Services
Coll Many Here
Among th rurr.ii. f fivrn nut
if tan fuf the fui.nl fccivuei
n Mr. and Mit U I.
f Jialsta K. Cl.f.. Ml tmt
IUnl and Jud r.d Mil W. W
Wrll of IVn.iirion. Mf Milton
Loney and Mr, U'Y lvt of
V!U Wall. Wn, Thu ttHip
wrre guet at the home of Mr
and Mm. frank It Tarher
Cue.u at the Lvt Prk-i
home weie Mr, and Mr AtIih
Hydrn it yunfield Mr and
Mi. HarUn Devin .f iondn.
Mr. and Mm lUrUn Hv1-n of
Klamsth Fall. Mr. ar.d Mm (a
urn ("a Mil of Athena Mr and
Mm Jamr Smith of H-rmilon
and Mm. l.n SeluchHU i4 o
kune, Wn.
P. S. Some huky young men
came along and got the car out',
AL CASE had to etve up and
go to the hoplt) after tut
Uitnly battling several ailment
He hurt hi leg and that tu.-d
Internal bleeding. Al alo ap
parently has pneumonia or
something akin to it. and a of
Tuedv he wan't feeling a bit
good. We certainly hope that
he recover quickly and I buck
At his furniture store on.
IN THIS, a year that Mems a
bal one for. the grain grower.
we like the philosophy of D. O.
Nelson who ha a fine place
along the Bomb Ranee road. Ills
crop, like tuners, is oown, ami
it doesnt appear that he win
come out on top this year.
"But this country has been
good to me," he said the other
day. "I came here in 19-17 and
have done real well." He pointed
out that this year'a crop, which
is considered poor, would have
been considered a pretty fair
crop In 1917.
Nelson said that he will tight
en his licit a little bit for next
year. And most everyone else In
the county, affected by the grain
growers' year, will probably have
to tighten up a little, too.
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July 14.
Itth-n junior
ilav Ontario In La Oarwie gun
day f r tbe putiui
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Fiank Kilkenny, who It vU-
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lUI I j,ii Wedlir4y fiwrn llrppnrf,
... .... li B Wilson U bu.y putttnf
fJl 'Zm U on hi. Willow Creek
a.I Irani Will, . . . , .. . v t.tmir.
6 and 7
File d.-tr.)rd ?l . of
erain U-long ng to W, F. Br-n.-ft
iwil aire trJoni?ing to
trail.- Marquardt. and nome
brele, wheat U-longme to
ll-trry Slifiver
BuIiim- unite to jmnor the
Kith annual tde S (ember 3
V
Fn-ight rate cut to help wheat
grower ave Jl.5ul.txO. Tttese
rcluctlon all are on nhipmentt
to rtiast terminal
John Kilkenny. on of Mr. and
Fred Gimbcls Visit
On California Trip
Mr. and Mr. Fred Ctmbel.
Trwcy and Ricky have returned
from a two week vacation wnicn
took them Into southern Calif
ornia.
They visited her father Cecil
Lett and brothers nnd sis.ers
.ud families in Los Angeles. July
Fourth a family reunion was
held at the home of her sister.
Mr. Hay Klklns and husband
at Torrerice. They visited Marine
land. Disneyland. !pe"t three
days at Huntington Bench and
four at Pasadena seeing all the
local sights.
They drove up the Oregon
N-och on the return trip. They
also spent one night with the
Victor Krelmcyers. former resi
dents who now live in Portland.
The family returned to Hopp
ner July 15.
diiy farm, having very iavw-
condition.
C. N. June wa In tow n early
Tu. day getting ready to begin
banc! on hi ranch.
Mr. and Mr, t'liv !uton wer
ii from their tight Mil home
Saturday lendlns few hour
hupping,
l .r.lm.m wa weit by a heat
wave laM week during which
nme the temperature ranged
aiound V7 degree moil of the
wetk.
lone Mr. Bert Mason went
to irtland Sunday to vlilt her
mother. Mr. Adelia Godfry and
bilng her son Don, horn from
camp.
Drivers License
Fees to be Raised
All driver IWnae enplrinf on
or after AuguM I will be renew,
able at th new EJ 73 figure, the
thrtfon leartment ol Motor V.
That the eflixtive date for a
25 cent tivcreax voted by the
went legUlatlve Motion. The
enilie 5 cent goe to the Xfotur
Vrhule Acrldenl Fund admin
tktered by the Slate Industrial
Accident Commlion. 1 he II-
rrne llwlf coal 11. Another do
lar goea to the student driver
etlut atWn fund and 73 rent gor
to the accident fund to help meet
unpaid medical coal resulting
from motor vehicle accident.
Driver Licensing DivUion Man
ager Edward M. Syrlng pointed
out that leclal Insert will be
Included with renewal notice! to
know th new S2.73 fee.
Dr. Wagner Attends
Aviation Seminar
Dr. C M. Wagner attended a
seminar sKniored by the Fed
eral Aviation Agency on aviat
ion medicine at the University
of Oregon medical school In Port
land Monday, Tuesday and Wed
nesday of last week. The sem
inar wa an attempt on the part
of FFA to help designated av
Ldion medical examiner eval
uate pilot qualifications from
a medical standpoint In the In
terest of safety. i
Dr. Wagner has been a med
ical examiner for FAA for the
past nine years. J
He flew his own plane to iort
land to attend the dally sessions.
He's a miracle man if he ran
take the limp out of a lame
excuse.
STAR
THEATER
TiU Sat. July 11-22
The Bat
Vincent Price, Agnes Moor
head. Gavin Gordon, John Sut
ton, Lenlta Lane. Based on
Mary Roberts Rinehart'a "The
Circular Staircase." PLUS
The Savage
Innocents
Anthony Qulnn, Voko Tanl,
Anna May Wong. Fascinating
adventure drama of the Land
of the Midnight Sun and its
wild life.
Brack 9. show out 10:40
Suik. Moa. July 23-24
All In A Night's
Work
Shirley MacLalne, Dean Mar
tin. Charles Ruggles. cmr
Robertson. Plushy, racy non
unu t,r fh mnvipeoer look
ing for a good time! Technicolor.
Sunday at S and 7
you 're always welcome here
With modern insurance becoming more compli
cated every day you must have questions bothering
you. As a friendly gesture we'll gladly try to answer
them. If you wish, we'll survey your present insur
ance coverage, without charge, to see that it's right
for your needs and your pocketbook. Phone-Call-Write.
Glad to help.
C. A. RUGGLES
INSURANCE AGENCY
Phone 6-962S Heppner. Oregon Box (11
WE KIND of have Ed Gonty fig
ured as a guy who will pull
vour leg when you least
suspect it. So when he showed
us a fruit jar with a long horsehair-looking
thing curled In
water Inside and told us it was
a hair worm, we were a little
bit dubious. But he told his story
so sincerely, even offering tes
timonials from other business
men, that we are inclined to go
all out and believe him.
This "hair worm" looks just
like an extra long horse hair to
us, but Ed claims he found it In
his garden and that it travels
by hunmplng up and down In the
manner of a sea serpent. He sol
emnly declares that the encyclo
pedia tells about It, and declares
that John Pfolffer will stand be
hind him and his veracity 100
per cent.
Or is this the "treatment'
given to all newcomers to test
their worldly wisdom. Doggoned
if we know!
MRS CHARLEY (Helen) Ruggles
got one of the nicest compli
ments she has ever had the other
day. She plays the piano beaut
ifully as her friends know, and
was at the pianoforte when
little lad came by, stopped and
listened spellbound.
When she finished the piece,
turned and saw his admiring
face, the youngster declared
"Gee, you play good!" And then
he turned and walked away.
Helen, a little nonplussed but
flattered, could only think of
"Thank you," to say to the de
parting boy.
OUR SYMPATHIES go to "Peg
leg" Bud Peck who was hobb
ling with a bad limp Tuesday
after losing a bout with a tire
hammer (he calls it a hammer
but it looks more like one of
these Chinese tong hatchets to
us). Bud was trying to knock a
tire loose from a rim, but his
aim was bad on one swing and
the sharp edge bounced off the
rim to plow into his ankle. After
three hours of painful brooding,
he decided he better consult a
doctor.
Sympathy also goes to Rev.
Austin McGhee who seems to be
having a run of bad luck. Not
long ago he was in an auto
accident. Last week he was at
Cannon Beach (which also seems I
to be hexed these daysl and
their car got stuck in the sand.
There was some confusion with
the waves coming ever closer,
f..fh. frntl-tt!!v
tried to extricate the car. In '
doing so he turned his ankle!
badly and Mill U on crutches, j
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JULY 22
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